Barcelos Anabela, Coelho Aida, Freitas Filomena, Oliveira Célia
Unidade de Reumatologia, Hospital Infante D Pedro, EPE, Aveiro, Portugal.
Acta Reumatol Port. 2008 Jan-Mar;33(1):86-90.
Tuberculosis is an important illness with an increasing prevalence in the last years in part due to AIDS. Considered primarily a pulmonary disease, tuberculosis can also affect almost any body system (nervous, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal as well as bones and joints) through lymphohematogenous spread. The authors present a case of pulmonary and osteoarticular tuberculosis diagnosed simultaneously.
结核病是一种重要疾病,近年来其患病率不断上升,部分原因是艾滋病。结核病主要被视为一种肺部疾病,但也可通过血行播散影响几乎任何身体系统(神经、泌尿生殖、胃肠道以及骨骼和关节)。作者报告了一例同时诊断出肺部和骨关节结核的病例。